Earlier today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee began its markup of S. 1486 – but recessed after about 2-and-a-half hours. The committee markup can be reconvened at the “call of the chair”. At the outset, the committee adopted the “Carper-Coburn Managers’ Amendment” in place of the original bill. Subsequently, the committee considered […]
S.1486 Postal Reform Act of 2014 Amended “Carper/Coburn Bill” Late last Friday evening and just before the holiday weekend a summary of the amended version of the Carper-Coburn Bill was released. There are several items in this discussion draft that greatly impacts our current, future and retired members. While things are moving very fast the […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled its markup of the ‘Postal Reform Act of 2013′ (S. 1486), to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service on January 29, 2014 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). […]
Three weeks after hitting them with an injurious 6% rate hike, postal decision makers in Washington continue to enrage direct mailers. On January 17 it was Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) , whose re-draft of their Postal Reform Act would make the exigent increase permanent and add an annual 1% to the […]
From Bloomberg via email Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper said he plans to delay until January his panel’s markup of legislation that’s intended to shore up the financially ailing U.S. Postal Service. It would be the third time he has rescheduled action on the bill, S. 1486, which includes a […]
From NAPUS: Yesterday, at about 3:45 PM EST, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Tom Carper (D-DE) pulled the plug on consideration of S. 1486 for the year. Up until that time, the Carper-Coburn postal reform bill was scheduled on the committee calendar for a Wednesday morning “markup”. Nevertheless, committee consideration of the […]
On Wednesday, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper announced that he would take another crack at bringing S. 1486, the Carper-Coburn postal reform bill, to a committee vote. The scheduled date for the committee markup is Wednesday, December 18 — only one or two days prior to the year-end congressional recess. […]
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing on ‘Postal Reform Act of 2013′ (S. 1486), to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service on December 18, 2013 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The Senate […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled its markup of the ‘Postal Reform Act of 2013’ (S. 1486), to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service on November 20, 2013 at 10 a,m. The bill was introduced by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The Senate […]
A range of Senate Democrats – many from red states – have serious concerns about the U.S. Chamber’s bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service, adding a new impediment to Congress’s efforts to get legislation done. But in the latest setback for postal reform, Democrats like Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) say […]